>Like, truly played the heel? Played a bad guy that wasn't
>some charming misunderstood tough man, but was actually just,
>like, a murderer?

I see your point, probably Doom? lol
>
>It has to have been over a decade ago, minimum. He's just so
>clearly Brand Management Above All at this point that I'd be
>stunned if Black Adam doesn't have his edges softened. They
>already allude in the trailer that any violence he commits is
>motivated by revenge more than by the corrupting nature of
>power or his desire to conquer and rule. That alone is a
>major, major softening tactic imo.

Yeah, Geof Johns beat this movie to the punch by at least a decade. This softening of the character was writen into the comics AWHILE ago.